BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//chikkutakku.com//RDFCal 1.0//EN X-WR-CALDESC:GoogleカレンダーやiCalendar形式情報を共有シェ アしましょう。近所のイベントから全国のイベントま で今日のイベント検索やスケジュールを決めるならち っくたっく X-WR-CALNAME:ちっくたっく X-WR-TIMEZONE:UTC BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Mor Athanasius Y. Samuel\, Holland (+1995) DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260415T183000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260416T183000Z UID:110533205915 DESCRIPTION:April 16th is the anniversary of the dukhrono of HE Mor Athana sius Yeshu Samuel. H.E. was the first Archbishop of the united Syriac Orth odox Archdiocese of North America. Mor Athanasius was born on Christmas Da y &\; therefore given the name Yeshu. His early life is filled with har dship &\; suffering as was common for the Syriac Orthodox Christians in Turkey who were being persecuted. However\, his story in particular is a testament to the grace of God &\; our Lord's endless blessing in the mi dst of adversity. HE was the secretary to St. HH Mor Ignatius Elias III Pa triarch of blessed memory\, &\; accompanied HH during his journey to In dia. Mor Athanasius remained in India following the passing of St.Ignatius \, &\; was later ordained priest by Apostolic delegate to India Mor Yul ios Elias. He returned to Jerusalem soon afterwards. In 1947 while Bishop of Jerusalem &\; Jordan\, HE acquired the most ancient Biblical manuscr ipt known\, the 'Dead Sea Scrolls' from a Bedouin tribe. The manuscript pr edates existing known manuscripts of the Hebrew texts by 1000 years. The d iscovery led to finding further artifacts in the Qumran caves. HE then lef t for USA &\; helped establish countless churches in the States &\; Canada. He translated numerous Syriac texts to English to help the faithfu l (something he continued till his passing). On November 15th 1957 HH Mor Ignatius Aphrem I enthroned Mor Athanasius as the first Archbishop of the newly created Syriac Orthodox Archdiocese of North America. The Archdioces e included the parishes of the Suryoye &\; Malankara faithful. HE lived a very simple &\; pious life. In 1993 HH Patriarch Zakka I honored Mor Athanasius with the title\, ro`yo shariro (True Shepherd) and awarded him the Grand Cross of St. Ignatius Nurono.Mor Athanasius left for the heaven ly abode on April 16th 1995. His mortal remains are interred in a mausoleu m below the sanctuary of the Holy Virgin Mary Cathedral in Glane\, Netherl ands.Today the Church in North America has 4 dioceses which are the remnan ts of HE's original Archdiocese:Malankara Archdiocese of the Syrian Orthod ox Church in North AmericaArchdiocese of the Syriac Orthodox Church for th e Eastern United StatesSyriac Orthodox Archdiocese of the Western United S tatesSyriac Orthodox Diocese of Canada Knanaya Archdiocese of USAFor full biography visit: https://goo.gl/nc0IVDAn article about Mor Athanasius writ ten in German by malfono Gabriel Rabo: https://goo.gl/T1Ij01 LOCATION: END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR